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On latin review days we love to play games. And the kids really, really love jeopardy! (As you can see from the photo we also had a surprise guest! Mr. Abello brought our littlest Latin student to say hello!) If you every want to play jeopardy with your children it works great for any language class and the directions on how to play are in your Memoria Press Latin guides –but I’ll explain it here as it is very simple. I use a white board and put sticky notes on Read More …
All educators should be incorporating more formal recitations into their classrooms. Here’s how to use recitations for learning, mastery, and enjoyment.
This post is for all the mamas of “Wiggly Willies” out there. You know the type. Often distracted, love to cause a ruckus, hard to get them to sit still to do school, full of energy, jeans always have holes ripped in them, constantly messy and dirty, a tendency to break things due to forgetfulness and lack of carefulness, Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer types. You got one? I sure do. The Lord has blessed me with him. For all of his perceived “weaknesses” (on any day a few of the above Read More …
Why Learn Latin? This is the question that every parent or student asks themself at one time or another. Isn’t it a dead language? What use is it today? Let me give you some great reasons to learn latin– especially in the way that we are learning it – through studying Scripture. I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat. ― Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, 1874-1904 The GREATEST Reason: Latin is Read More …